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Help[Opinions] Madeleine being pronounced wrong? (one more time, from the pros! c:)
Online, it says it's pro. ending in "en" or "in", but never rhyming with "mine". But don't most people pronounce it that way? I'm still confused. Is the "mine" sound at the end wrongfully pronounced?
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I've always pronounced it & heard it been pronounced Mad-uh-len.
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Thanks! Now I'm thinking it can be pronounced any way I want? But I'm not sure what's correct.
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To me, Madeleine is MAD-uh-len, Madeline is MAD-uh-line.
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I pronounce it Mad-ah-line.
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What the others have said. It's MUD-len in France.
Madeline ends with line. Two different names.
Madeline ends with line. Two different names.
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it's mud-LEN is French
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It's pronounced "MAD-uh-len", it's French.
Madeline is pronounced "MAD-uh-line".
I think with Madelyn and Madeline being quite popular, people are getting confused about Madeleine.
Madeline is pronounced "MAD-uh-line".
I think with Madelyn and Madeline being quite popular, people are getting confused about Madeleine.
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no, it's pronounced mud-LEN in French
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Well, but as it isn't pronounced "MAD-uh-len" in French anyway, you can as well...
...pronounce it completely differently in English.
In French, it's mudd-LEN, so that's not even near MAD-uh-len. I think it's OK to just pronounce it like it would be correct in English and not think of the French pronounciation as it won't be fully used anyway by English-speaking people...
...pronounce it completely differently in English.
In French, it's mudd-LEN, so that's not even near MAD-uh-len. I think it's OK to just pronounce it like it would be correct in English and not think of the French pronounciation as it won't be fully used anyway by English-speaking people...
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Hmmm....(m)
Jacques Brel, a famous Belgian singer, had a song called "Madeleine". Whilst I know there will be regional differences in pronunciation, he certainly pronounces it nothing like mudd-LEN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRCBpMmhrgg
As I said, it could just be a difference in dialect, of course.
Jacques Brel, a famous Belgian singer, had a song called "Madeleine". Whilst I know there will be regional differences in pronunciation, he certainly pronounces it nothing like mudd-LEN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRCBpMmhrgg
As I said, it could just be a difference in dialect, of course.
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Oh thanks! Yes, sounds more like Madelen I'd say. m
Plus, we don't have a french accent, so maybe it's okay pronounced any way I want? At least I hope...
Plus, we don't have a french accent, so maybe it's okay pronounced any way I want? At least I hope...
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I have heard it pronounced in multiple ways. In French I hear it pronounced with "en." In America I hear all three endings.
This message was edited 3/9/2009, 10:15 PM
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